Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School
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220 Sandwich Rd, Bourne, MA 02532
Tel: 508-759-7711 x211

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Winter 2010 Courses:

Business Accounting & Financial Software
Certificate Program
 
Do you have an interest in a career in business accounting and financial services?  Do you own a home based business?  Do you want to learn accounting basics and how to use the current software programs?  Now you can earn a Certificate in Business Accounting & Financial Software at Upper Cape Tech.
 
Upon successful completion of Introduction to Bookkeeping and Accounting, Basic Microsoft Excel, Payroll and Taxes, Quickbooks Pro and Intermediate Quickbooks, students will receive a Business Accounting and Financial Software Certificate.  Prerequisite:  Computer Basic class, Microsoft Word, or equivalent experience

Computer class in session

NEW! Easily Create Flyers and Brochures Using Microsoft Word

Create advertisements, flyers, menus, newsletters, brochures, invitations, booklets and more using Microsoft Word.   You will learn to use pictures, tables, multiple columns and much more in this hands on course.   You will leave this class with promotional material.

Instructor: Tina Harkin, Certified in Microsoft software, has eight years experience teaching adults
W10- Mon - 6:00-8:30 p.m. Starts 4/26
 2 sessions
Fee: $49 Back to Top

Computer Basics with File Management/Windows

Designed for the new computer user and those who want to learn more about their computer and how it can be used. Become proficient with basic computer terminology, the Windows desktop, the care and maintenance of a computer, as well as basic mouse and keyboard skills including dragging, clicking, resizing and moving. Students will discover how to manage and organize their files and folders, create, save and edit documents. Students will be introduced to the Internet and learn how to browse and search. Exercises for improving keyboarding skills are included in this course.

Instructor: Tina Harkin, Certified in Microsoft software, has eight years experience teaching adults
W10-121 Mon - 4:00-6:00 p.m. Starts 1/25
 4 sessions
Fee: $99 Back to Top
W10-121a Mon - 6:00 - 8:30 p.m. Starts 3/29 3 sessions
Fee: $99  

Computer Basics with File Management/Windows

Designed for the new computer user and those who want to learn more about their computer and how it can be used. Become proficient with basic computer terminology, the Windows desktop, the care and maintenance of a computer, as well as basic mouse and keyboard skills including dragging, clicking, resizing and moving. Students will discover how to manage and organize their files and folders, create, save and edit documents. Students will be introduced to the Internet and learn how to browse and search. Exercises for improving keyboarding skills are included in this course.

Instructor: Tina Harkin, Certified in Microsoft software, has eight years experience teaching adults
W10-121 Mon - 4:00-6:00 p.m. Starts 1/25
 4 sessions
Fee: $99 Back to Top
W10-121a Mon - 6:00 - 8:30 p.m. Starts 3/29 3 sessions
Fee: $99  

Microsoft Word

This course is designed to highlight the most useful features of Microsoft Word. Learn how to create, edit and print professional documents, along with tables, set and use tabs, and learn how to use auto correct. Also work with headers and footers and multiple page documents.
Instructor: Tina Harkin, see bio
Instructor: Tina Harkin, see bio above
W10-122 Mon - 6:00-9:00 p.m. Starts 3/1 2 sessions
Fee: $69 Back to Top

Basic Microsoft Excel

Learn the basics of Microsoft Excel to create a spreadsheet workbook, add formulas, charts, diagrams and more.

Instructor: Tina Harkin, see bio above
W10-124 Mon - 6:00-9:00 p.m. March 15 1 session
Fee: $39 Back to Top

Basic Microsoft PowerPoint

Learn to create and present professional presentations with Microsoft PowerPoint.
Instructor: Tina Harkin, see bio above
W10-125 Mon - 6:00-9:00 p.m. March 22 1 session
Fee: $39 Back to Top

Business Accounting & Financial Software
Certificate Program
 
Do you have an interest in a career in business accounting and financial services?  Do you own a home based business?  Do you want to learn accounting basics and how to use the current software programs?  Now you can earn a Certificate in Business Accounting & Financial Software at Upper Cape Tech.
 
Upon successful completion of Introduction to Bookkeeping and Accounting, Basic Microsoft Excel, Payroll and Taxes, Quickbooks Pro and Intermediate Quickbooks, students will receive a Business Accounting and Financial Software Certificate.  Prerequisite:  Computer Basic class, Microsoft Word, or equivalent experience

Microsoft Publisher: Create Signs, Flyers, Brochures, Invitations, Etc.

This course is designed to introduce students to the world of graphic design and desktop publishing using Microsoft Publisher.  Learn how to create advertisements, flyers, menus, newsletters, brochures, invitations, booklets and more.

Instructor,  Mary Crook, UCT Instructional Technology Instructor
W10-126 Thurs - 6:00-8:30 p.m. Starts 4/7 2 sessions
Fee: $59 Back to Top
QuickBooks 2007 with Bookkeeping Basics

Attention business owners, aspiring business owners and bookkeepers! Finally a class designed to provide a better understanding of the accounting cycle so you can understand the financial end of the business, monitor books, and make wise and informed business decisions. The class is designed to take students step by step through the most common daily activities used while working with QuickBooks. This is an essential class for providing a clearer understanding of the financial transactions taking place. Understand a chart of accounts, debit and credits, financial statements, accrual vs. cash basis, accounts receivable, accounts payable, bank reconciliations, adjustments and more.

Instructor: Jessica King, a certified Quickbooks Pro Advisor with over 6 years' experience using and teaching QuickBooks.
W10-127 Tues - 6:00-8:00 p.m. Starts 2/2  6 sessions
Fee: $179 Back to Top

Intermediate QuickBooks 2007 with Bookkeeping Basics

A continuation of QuickBooks 2007 with bookkeeping basics. This class will take students into more detailed aspects of QuickBooks. Topics include: inventory, payroll, sales tax, form customization and more.

Instructor: Jessica King, a certified Quickbooks Pro Advisor with over 6 yers' experience using and teaching QuickBooks.
W10-128 Tues - 6:00-8:00 p.m. Starts 4/27  5 sessions
Fee: $149 Back to Top

Website Designing with Adobe Dreamweaver

This beginner’s course will prepare you to create a well formatted standard html template using Dreamweaver. Understand the basic fundamentals of the code within a web page and know how to create your own website with an html template that you created. Learn how to use tables, insert images and text, and create internal and external links and much more.
Prerequisite: Basic computer and internet knowledge. It is recommended to take Adobe Photoshop

Instructor: Eric Mandell is the owner of a e-commerce web hosting company and has over10 years teaching experience. Website Designing
W10-142 Thu -7:00-9:00 p.m. Starts 1/21 4 sessions
Fee: $109 Back to Top

Website Graphic Design Using Adobe Photoshop

This course will cover the techniques and tools used to create graphics for website use. Students learn to crop, resize and manipulate images. Create new images, functional tool bars and sitemap images. Learn cover layers, palettes and other tools within Photoshop.
Prerequisite: Basic computer and Internet knowledge. It is recommended to also take Adobe Dreamweaver.

Instructor: Eric Mandell, see bio
W10-144 Thurs - 7:00-9:00 p.m. Starts 3/4 4 sessions
Fee: $109 Back to Top

 

Blogging with WordPress

Learn to blog or build a complete website using WordPress. WordPress is “Open Souce” (free) and is considered to be the leading software in its class by business owners and personal bloggers because it is easy to use, search engine friendly, and has a large supporting community. This class will teach you how to select a proper webhost, install WordPress, compose posts and pages, change and edit the appearance, add plug-ins, and teach you the best practices for business and personal blogging.

Instructor: Eric Mandell is the owner of a e-commerce web hosting company and has over10 years teaching experience. Website Designing
W10-145 Wed -7:00-9:00 p.m. Starts 2/3 2 sessions
Fee: $49 Back to Top



Introduction to Adobe InDesign & Acrobat 8 Professional

Learn how to use Adobe InDesign CS3 software to design professional page layouts and desktop publishing. InDesign has become the industry standard for newspapers and professional design studios. Also learn how to export and package Portable Document Format (PDF) files in Adobe Acrobat 8 for web and e-mail distribution.
Prerequisite: Basic computer knowledge and typing skills.

Instructor: TBA
F10-140 Thu - 6:00-8:00 p.m. Starts 10/29 4 sessions
Fee: $109 Back to Top

Introduction to E-Commerce & Best Practices

This short course will introduce students to the world of ecommerce. It will proivde the knowledge needed to make well educated decisions while producing an online store. Students will learn the different types of software and information necessary in order to create a store. For those who already have an online store this course will detail ecommerce best practices and tips. This course will preprare students for the upcoming course “Creating an Ecommerce Store with Miva Merchange.”
Instructor: Eric Mandell, see bio above Introduction to ECommerce
W10-146 Wed - 7:00-9:00 p.m. Starts 1/20 2 sessions
Fee: $49 Back to Top
New! Miva Merchant Software: Creating an Ecommerce Online Store

This course teaches you how to create and maintain an online store using one of the most popular Ecommerce software available today. Learn to build an online store from the ground up, even with little to no web development experience. Miva Merchant is perfect for small to medium size businesses with one product up to tens of thousands. Students will receive an exclusinve training version of this software for the duration of the course. If you have been considering selling products online but have been hesitant because you don't know how then take this class. If you already have a Miva Merchant store and you want to learn more about it, then this course will benefit you as well. This is a great training course or refresher for you or your employees.
Instructor: Eric Mandell, see bio above Introduction to ECommerce
W10-147 Tues - 7:00-9:00 p.m. Starts 3/9 4 sessions
Fee: $109 Back to Top